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* GutturalGrowler: Crocodile's voice is extremely throaty.
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* Main/AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: A recurring trait of Linus is his inablity to pronounce certain words (i.e, crocodile as CROC-oh-dil-ee)
* Main/AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Dinny Kangaroo only wears a hat - and is still the ''most'' well dressed character in the "Linus" segments.
* Main/AnimalStampede: The result of either the words "Crispy Critters" being said in the ads, or Linus's roar in the cartoons.
* Main/BearyFriendly: Sugar Bear is about as friendly as they get.
* Main/BewareTheNiceOnes: Linus is a mellow fellow, but irritate him enough and you'll find that he's the king of the beasts for a reason.
* Main/CoconutMeetsCranium: "The Birds" is about a ''dance craze'' being made out of this. Also used in "Who Am I?", see Main/EasyAmnesia below.
* Main/DamselInDistress: Granny Goodwitch and Leslie Bear have both fallen victim to this, courtesy of Mervyn.
* Main/DastardlyWhiplash: Richard Harry Nearly.
* Main/EasyAmnesia: The episode "Who Am I?" has the Mockingbird lose his memory from a coconut to the head. Upon this discovery, Linus and Billy Bird use this technique to have Sasha Grouse lose his memory.
* Main/FeatheredFiend: Downplayed with Sasha Grouse, who's just a grouch.
* Main/GoneHorriblyRight: The episode "Exercise" has Billie Bird train Linus to become stronger. Billie only finds out it works, however, after he presses Linus to his Main/RageBreakingPoint.
* Main/GutturalGrowler: Crocodile's voice is extremely throaty.
* Main/HiccupHijinks: Linus gets the hiccups in, well "Hiccups", leading Billie Bird to try a multitude of solutions.
* Main/KangaroosRepresentAustralia: Dinny Kangaroo.
* Main/KillerGorilla: Albino gorillas showed up on occasion, and they were often quite hostile.
* Main/KingOfBeasts: Guess.
* Main/MightyRoar: Linus has one that he rarely uses - it has the nasty effect of causing a stampede.
* Main/MisplacedWildlife: What a kangaroo is doing in an African jungle is anyone's guess. Or a lion, for that matter.
* Main/NoCelebritiesWereHarmed:

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* Main/AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: A recurring trait of Linus is his inablity to pronounce certain words (i.e, crocodile as CROC-oh-dil-ee)
* Main/AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Dinny Kangaroo only wears a hat - and is still the ''most'' well dressed character in the "Linus" segments.
* Main/AnimalStampede: AnimalStampede: The result of either the words "Crispy Critters" being said in the ads, or Linus's roar in the cartoons.
* Main/BearyFriendly: BearyFriendly: Sugar Bear is about as friendly as they get.
* Main/BewareTheNiceOnes: BewareTheNiceOnes: Linus is a mellow fellow, but irritate him enough and you'll find that he's the king of the beasts for a reason.
* Main/CoconutMeetsCranium: CoconutMeetsCranium: "The Birds" is about a ''dance craze'' being made out of this. Also used in "Who Am I?", see Main/EasyAmnesia below.
* Main/DamselInDistress: DamselInDistress: Granny Goodwitch and Leslie Bear have both fallen victim to this, courtesy of Mervyn.
* Main/DastardlyWhiplash: DastardlyWhiplash: Richard Harry Nearly.
* Main/EasyAmnesia: EasyAmnesia: The episode "Who Am I?" has the Mockingbird lose his memory from a coconut to the head. Upon this discovery, Linus and Billy Bird use this technique to have Sasha Grouse lose his memory.
* Main/FeatheredFiend: FeatheredFiend: Downplayed with Sasha Grouse, who's just a grouch.
* Main/GoneHorriblyRight: GoneHorriblyRight: The episode "Exercise" has Billie Bird train Linus to become stronger. Billie only finds out it works, however, after he presses Linus to his Main/RageBreakingPoint.
* Main/GutturalGrowler: GutturalGrowler: Crocodile's voice is extremely throaty.
* Main/HiccupHijinks: HiccupHijinks: Linus gets the hiccups in, well "Hiccups", leading Billie Bird to try a multitude of solutions.
* Main/KangaroosRepresentAustralia: KangaroosRepresentAustralia: Dinny Kangaroo.
* Main/KillerGorilla: KillerGorilla: Albino gorillas showed up on occasion, and they were often quite hostile.
* Main/KingOfBeasts: KingOfBeasts: Guess.
* Main/MightyRoar: MightyRoar: Linus has one that he rarely uses - it has the nasty effect of causing a stampede.
* Main/MisplacedWildlife: MisplacedWildlife: What a kangaroo is doing in an African jungle is anyone's guess. Or a lion, for that matter.
* Main/NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: NoCelebritiesWereHarmed:



* Main/PoorCommunicationKills: The episode "The Sinking Island" occurs thanks to this; Linus knows the island isn't actually sinking, but is not able to tell his subjects that the tides are coming in, causing them to believe otherwise.
* Main/SatiatingSandwich: The titular character of "The Fisherman and his Wishes" eventually decides to wish for one, much to the irritation of his genie.
* Main/SavageWolf: "The Wolf Who Changed His Spots" involves So-Hi trying to get one to change his ways. He succeeds, only for it to turn out that [[spoiler: everyone he tormented was fine with it because it allowed them to have excitement in their lives.]]
* Main/SeldomSeenSpecies: There's not a lot of grouses in cartoons.
* Main/SolemnEndingTheme: One of the most depressing in animated history
* Main/StopCopyingMe: One of the most common ways to deal with the Mockingbird.

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* Main/PoorCommunicationKills: PoorCommunicationKills: The episode "The Sinking Island" occurs thanks to this; Linus knows the island isn't actually sinking, but is not able to tell his subjects that the tides are coming in, causing them to believe otherwise.
* Main/SatiatingSandwich: SatiatingSandwich: The titular character of "The Fisherman and his Wishes" eventually decides to wish for one, much to the irritation of his genie.
* Main/SavageWolf: SavageWolf: "The Wolf Who Changed His Spots" involves So-Hi trying to get one to change his ways. He succeeds, only for it to turn out that [[spoiler: everyone he tormented was fine with it because it allowed them to have excitement in their lives.]]
* Main/SeldomSeenSpecies: There's not a lot of grouses in cartoons.
* Main/SolemnEndingTheme:
SolemnEndingTheme: One of the most depressing in animated history
* Main/StopCopyingMe: StopCopyingMe: One of the most common ways to deal with the Mockingbird.

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* Main/AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: A recurring trait of Linus is his inablity to pronounce certain words (i.e, crocodile as CROC-oh-dil-ee)



* Main/CoconutMeetsCranium: "The Birds" is about a ''dance craze'' being made out of this. Also used in "Who Am I?", see Main/EasyAmnesia below.



* Main/GutturalGrowler: Crocodile's voice is extremely throaty.



* Main/MisplacedWildlife: What a kangaroo is doing in an african jungle is anyone's guess.

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* Main/MisplacedWildlife: What a kangaroo is doing in an african African jungle is anyone's guess.guess. Or a lion, for that matter.
* Main/NoCelebritiesWereHarmed:
** Sugar Bear's voice is a pastiche of that of Bing Crosby.
** Lovable Truly's voice, meanwhile, is one of Jim Nabors.
* Main/PoorCommunicationKills: The episode "The Sinking Island" occurs thanks to this; Linus knows the island isn't actually sinking, but is not able to tell his subjects that the tides are coming in, causing them to believe otherwise.
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'''Linus the Lionhearted''' may very well be the only food mascot to have his own television show.

Created in 1959 to promote Post Cereals' short-lived ''Heart of Oats'', Linus (voiced by Sheldon Leonard) originally used the Main/RogerRabbitEffect to showcase his cereal to human actors. However, he did not hit his stride for another four years, at which point he was reassigned to ''Crispy Critters''. Now interacting solely with animated characters, his new shtick was that whenever someone mentioned the cereal's name, the pieces would turn into a stampede, leaving Linus to take the brunt of the damage.

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'''Linus ''Linus the Lionhearted''' Lionhearted'' may very well be the only food mascot to have his own television show.

Created in 1959 to promote Post Cereals' short-lived ''Heart of Oats'', Linus (voiced by Sheldon Leonard) originally used the Main/RogerRabbitEffect RogerRabbitEffect to showcase his cereal to human actors. However, he did not hit his stride for another four years, at which point he was reassigned to ''Crispy Critters''. Now interacting solely with animated characters, his new shtick was that whenever someone mentioned the cereal's name, the pieces would turn into a stampede, leaving Linus to take the brunt of the damage.



* The main segment was ''Linus, King of Beasts'', which featured Linus as the king of a jungle filled with Main/FunnyAnimals that would occasionally inconvenience him. While he would often be annoyed by their antics, at the end of the day Linus cared for his subjects, and always found himself saving them whenever they needed his help.

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* The main segment was ''Linus, King of Beasts'', which featured Linus as the king of a jungle filled with Main/FunnyAnimals FunnyAnimals that would occasionally inconvenience him. While he would often be annoyed by their antics, at the end of the day Linus cared for his subjects, and always found himself saving them whenever they needed his help.



The series was an instant hit, in part due to the show avoiding promoting the cereals outside of commercial breaks. The show’s success resulted in toys, comics, a vinyl record, and even a balloon in the UsefulNotes/MacysThanksgivingDayParade.The series aired new episodes until the end of 1966, at which point it began airing colored reruns on ABC. Three years later, the FCC called for a ban on characters advertising products on their shows, resulting in the messages produced for the show being removed. The show quietly left airaves in early 1970, appearing afterwards only in syndication.

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The series was an instant hit, in part due to the show avoiding promoting the cereals outside of commercial breaks. The show’s success resulted in toys, comics, a vinyl record, and even a balloon in the UsefulNotes/MacysThanksgivingDayParade.The series aired new episodes until the end of 1966, at which point it began airing colored reruns on ABC. Three years later, the FCC called for a ban on characters advertising products on their shows, resulting in the messages produced for the show being removed. The show quietly left airaves airwaves in early 1970, appearing afterwards only in syndication.



!!”Linus the Lionhearted” and its segments provide examples of:

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'''Linus the Lionhearted''' may very well be the only food mascot to have his own television show.

Created in 1959 to promote Post Cereals' short-lived ''Heart of Oats'', Linus (voiced by Sheldon Leonard) originally used the Main/RogerRabbitEffect to showcase his cereal to human actors. However, he did not hit his stride for another four years, at which point he was reassigned to ''Crispy Critters''. Now interacting solely with animated characters, his new shtick was that whenever someone mentioned the cereal's name, the pieces would turn into a stampede, leaving Linus to take the brunt of the damage.

Luckily for Linus, the best was yet to come. Less than a year after the campaign started, Ed Graham, who created Linus, contacted Post Cereals about the possibility of giving their cereal mascots their own show. They agreed, and on September 26, 1964, '''The Linus the Lionhearted Show" made its debut on CBS. Like many animated shows of the era, the series contained multiple segments, surrounding them was the main plot of the episode, often involving Linus and one of his friends going on an adventure.

* The main segment was ''Linus, King of Beasts'', which featured Linus as the king of a jungle filled with Main/FunnyAnimals that would occasionally inconvenience him. While he would often be annoyed by their antics, at the end of the day Linus cared for his subjects, and always found himself saving them whenever they needed his help.

* “Sugar Bear”, mascot of “Sugar Crisp”, was a happy-go-lucky jazz singer with the voice of Bing Crosby. When not singing a relaxing song or strumming his banjo, he often found himself facing off against Granny Goodwitch, a not-so-wicked witch.

* Occasionally, “Rory Raccoon, Hometown Hero”, of “Post Toasties” and “Sugar Sparkled Flakes” fame, would fill in Sugar Bear’s slot on the show. Rory often guarded a huge cornfield from a scheming crow, who would stop at nothing to get a taste of an ear of corn.

* The third slot of the show went to the mascot of “Alpha-Bits” of the time, a friendly mailman named “Lovable Truly”. Together with his dog Lawrence, Truly would stop Richard Harry Nearly, silent movie star turned dogcatcher, from enacting whatever sinister scheme he had on his mind.

* Rounding out the show was a young Chinese boy named “So-Hi”, the spokesman for “Rice Krinkles”. So-Hi’s segment had him recite a tale (often a Chinese take on a classic story) and show the viewers what kind of moral it contained.

The series was an instant hit, in part due to the show avoiding promoting the cereals outside of commercial breaks. The show’s success resulted in toys, comics, a vinyl record, and even a balloon in the UsefulNotes/MacysThanksgivingDayParade.The series aired new episodes until the end of 1966, at which point it began airing colored reruns on ABC. Three years later, the FCC called for a ban on characters advertising products on their shows, resulting in the messages produced for the show being removed. The show quietly left airaves in early 1970, appearing afterwards only in syndication.

With almost no ads and the show off the air, most of the cereals were either discontinued or retooled to no longer feature the show’s characters; So-Hi was off boxes by 1969, Lovable Truly by 1971. As for Linus himself, his advertising ventures ended in the 1970s, with his parade balloon remaining until 1983. Sugar Bear, however, proved to be a lasting character, and can still be found on boxes of the now-renamed “Golden Crisp” today.

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!!”Linus the Lionhearted” and its segments provide examples of:
* Main/AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Dinny Kangaroo only wears a hat - and is still the ''most'' well dressed character in the "Linus" segments.
* Main/AnimalStampede: The result of either the words "Crispy Critters" being said in the ads, or Linus's roar in the cartoons.
* Main/BearyFriendly: Sugar Bear is about as friendly as they get.
* Main/BewareTheNiceOnes: Linus is a mellow fellow, but irritate him enough and you'll find that he's the king of the beasts for a reason.
* Main/DamselInDistress: Granny Goodwitch and Leslie Bear have both fallen victim to this, courtesy of Mervyn.
* Main/DastardlyWhiplash: Richard Harry Nearly.
* Main/EasyAmnesia: The episode "Who Am I?" has the Mockingbird lose his memory from a coconut to the head. Upon this discovery, Linus and Billy Bird use this technique to have Sasha Grouse lose his memory.
* Main/FeatheredFiend: Downplayed with Sasha Grouse, who's just a grouch.
* Main/GoneHorriblyRight: The episode "Exercise" has Billie Bird train Linus to become stronger. Billie only finds out it works, however, after he presses Linus to his Main/RageBreakingPoint.
* Main/HiccupHijinks: Linus gets the hiccups in, well "Hiccups", leading Billie Bird to try a multitude of solutions.
* Main/KangaroosRepresentAustralia: Dinny Kangaroo.
* Main/KillerGorilla: Albino gorillas showed up on occasion, and they were often quite hostile.
* Main/KingOfBeasts: Guess.
* Main/MightyRoar: Linus has one that he rarely uses - it has the nasty effect of causing a stampede.
* Main/MisplacedWildlife: What a kangaroo is doing in an african jungle is anyone's guess.
* Main/SatiatingSandwich: The titular character of "The Fisherman and his Wishes" eventually decides to wish for one, much to the irritation of his genie.
* Main/SavageWolf: "The Wolf Who Changed His Spots" involves So-Hi trying to get one to change his ways. He succeeds, only for it to turn out that [[spoiler: everyone he tormented was fine with it because it allowed them to have excitement in their lives.]]
* Main/SeldomSeenSpecies: There's not a lot of grouses in cartoons.
* Main/SolemnEndingTheme: One of the most depressing in animated history
* Main/StopCopyingMe: One of the most common ways to deal with the Mockingbird.

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